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PADI Specialty Instructor courses are a great opportunity for personal and professional development. Not only making an Instructor more employable with such popular specialties such as deep diver, Wreck Diver ad Enriched Air but allowing new and experienced Instructors to explore and develop new passions in diving and then sharing that passion with their students.

What are the prerequisites to start my PADI Specialty Instructor course?

Minimum certification requirements for each PADI Specialty Instructor course are as follows:

Additional requirements for each Specialty Instructor course are listed within the program page.

How long will it take to complete my PADI Specialty Instructor course?

PADI Specialty Instructors training usually takes a single day for each certification required and cover:

Overview of PADI Specialty Diver Courses

Specialty Course Instructor Outline Review

Knowledge Development Workshop

Specialty Course Marketing and Promotion

Establishing Costs

Open Water Dives/Workshop

Certification Procedures

What am I qualified to do once I’m a certified PADI Specialty Instructor?

Upon completion of each individual Specialty Instructor seminar and completion of application process you will be qualified to teach that Specialty Diver program while you are in Active and Teaching Status. You will not have to renew each SI status each year as it will be included in your PADI renewal fees.

How much does the PADI Specialty Instructor course cost and what’s included?

“The Wreck Diver program expands student diver knowledge about wreck diving law, hazards to avoid, how to research wrecks, wreck diving equipment, the basics of penetrating a wreck and how to interact responsibly with the aquatic life they’ll see while wreck diving.”

“This course is intended to familiarize divers with the operation and maintenance of equipment. It is not an equipment repair course. Training relative to the repairing and overhauling of equipment, except for very minor servicing, is not to be part of the curriculum.”

“Whether on your first navigation dive or your hundredth, few moments in diving compare with the satisfaction and pride you feel when you navigate a distance or specific navigation pattern and hit your mark dead-on.”

“This course is designed to qualify recreational divers to use enriched air (“nitrox”) for no stop recreational diving with an enriched air (EANx) compatible dive computer. The program addresses computer-assisted diving while using enriched air with 22 percent to 40 percent oxygen to monitor no stop limits and oxygen exposure.”

“The philosophy of this course is to provide an introduction to the use, beneﬁts and proper conﬁguration of sidemount equipment for recreational diving, with an emphasis on safety. The goal of this course is to provide a systematic, methodical, approach to recreational sidemount diving, showing how to apply the skills developed.”

“For recreational scuba divers, emergency oxygen is the primary ﬁrst aid given to individuals suffering from a near drowning or decompression illness (lung overexpansion injuries and decompression sickness). Providing emergency oxygen has become the standard of practice for treating injured scuba divers since it provides oxygen to starved tissues and aids in bubble reduction. Having emergency oxygen immediately available at dive locations is especially important to divers suffering from these maladies. Along with the availability of oxygen at dive sites, ﬁrst responders must know how to provide oxygen in an emergency.”

“The purpose of the Self-Reliant Diver specialty course is to recognize and accept the role of the buddy system and its contributions to diver safety while identifying and developing self-reliance and independence while diving. There are two reasons for an experienced diver to take the Self-Reliant diver course: To develop the skills of planning and carrying out dives without a partner when preferred or necessary and to sharpen skills of diving self-reliance, making the diver a stronger partner in a dive pair or team.“

“The best way to learn how to conduct search patterns and to use lifting devices is by doing it. This course philosophy therefore, emphasizes diving. Student divers will apply the knowledge they gain by reading the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Manual and watching the companion video on at least four open water dives searching for and recovering objects of different sizes in varying search areas.“

“It’s a rare diver who hasn’t felt the urge to dive deep. Deep diving opens the door to many new exciting dive sites like deeper wrecks, reefs and walls. As a rule, divers tend to be adventurous people, and deep diving – whether to visit a wreck or take photos – can certainly be called adventurous. It’s only natural that like most divers, you have some interest in deep diving.”

“The philosophy of this course is to focus on seeing in the dark things you miss seeing, or that appear differently during daylight dives. Thus, the goal of this course is to teach student divers a systematic, methodical approach to enjoying diving at night.”